diff --git a/requirements-tests.txt b/requirements-tests.txt
index b811f62a1..2bcd6b0ec 100644
--- a/requirements-tests.txt
+++ b/requirements-tests.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ pre-commit-hooks==4.4.0                           # must match .pre-commit-confi
 pycln==2.1.3                                      # must match .pre-commit-config.yaml
 pytype==2023.4.11; platform_system != "Windows" and python_version < "3.11"
 pyyaml==6.0
-termcolor>=2
+termcolor>=2.3
 tomli==2.0.1
 tomlkit==0.11.7
 types-pyyaml>=6.0.12.7
diff --git a/scripts/runtests.py b/scripts/runtests.py
index 165be142c..e5b38ef83 100644
--- a/scripts/runtests.py
+++ b/scripts/runtests.py
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ import os
 import re
 import subprocess
 import sys
-from collections.abc import Iterable
 from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
 
 try:
-    from termcolor import colored
+    from termcolor import colored  # pyright: ignore[reportGeneralTypeIssues]
 except ImportError:
 
-    def colored(text: str, color: str | None = None, on_color: str | None = None, attrs: Iterable[str] | None = None) -> str:
+    def colored(text: str, color: str | None = None, **kwargs: Any) -> str:  # type: ignore[misc]
         return text
 
 
diff --git a/tests/utils.py b/tests/utils.py
index f5a7a4cbf..7913bfaa1 100644
--- a/tests/utils.py
+++ b/tests/utils.py
@@ -7,19 +7,18 @@ import re
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import venv
-from collections.abc import Iterable
 from functools import lru_cache
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import NamedTuple
+from typing import Any, NamedTuple
 from typing_extensions import Annotated
 
 import pathspec
 
 try:
-    from termcolor import colored as colored
+    from termcolor import colored as colored  # pyright: ignore[reportGeneralTypeIssues]
 except ImportError:
 
-    def colored(text: str, color: str | None = None, on_color: str | None = None, attrs: Iterable[str] | None = None) -> str:
+    def colored(text: str, color: str | None = None, **kwargs: Any) -> str:  # type: ignore[misc]
         return text